Leadership Link | November 2025
Heidrick & Struggles
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Welcome to this month's edition of Leadership Link! This month, we explore how boards are addressing the AI knowledge gap, highlight trends from our 2025 North America Private Equity Compensation Survey, examine the neuroscience behind leaders’ self-awareness, and share strategies from the Transformation Playbook for managing change while delivering results and building future growth.
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AI focus: How boards are finding expertise to chart the unknown
As AI continues to reshape the world, the need for specialist expertise in the boardroom is becoming more pressing. Boards around the world are taking several steps to plug their growing AI knowledge gap.
2025 North America Private Equity Investment Professional Compensation Survey
Heidrick & Struggles' annual survey of investment professionals in North America explores recent compensation data and trends across private equity.
Wired and unaware: The neuroscience behind leaders’ greatest liability
Lack of self-awareness is leaders' greatest liability. As power grows, brains rewire, dulling feedback, empathy, and reflection. Neuroscience offers ways to rebuild self-awareness.
The Transformation Playbook
Transformations require an organization to operate in two modes at once—delivering today’s results while building tomorrow’s business. Competing priorities, siloed teams, and stretched resources can quickly derail progress. Learn how to organize workstreams to drive measurable impact.
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